Earthdance Cebu 2010 is for Peace and the Environment and making ways to be part of the Sinulog Festival 2011 Categories under the aid of Sinulog Foundation of Cebu City. EarthDance Cebu 2010! is expected to draw a large crowd of peace-loving and environment-conscious Cebuanos as it promises two days of fun, music, art, culture, dance, ceremonies, and green awareness to nurture the earth, mind, body and spirit. It will be on September 18-19 at the Family Park in Talamban, Cebu City. EarthDance Cebu 2010! is part of a month-long celebration of peace and the environment, which includes an Interfaith Symposium on Peace on Sept. 10 and a Peace Parade and Peace Festival at the Cebu Coliseum on Sept 25.
Cebu joins EarthDance 2010 this September 18-19, 2010
CEBU will be among the over 500 venues worldwide for this year’s global synchronized festival for peace and the environment, the EarthDance 2010, on September 18-19 at the Family Park in Talamban, Cebu City.
This momentous event, aligned with the International Day of Peace, will be held simultaneously in 80 countries. In Manila it will be held at the Bantayog ng Mga Bayani Memorial Center.
Conceived in 1996 with a vision to unite the whole world in peace through the universal platform of culture, art, dance and music, Earthdance is now the largest global synchronized music and peace event in the world.
The main highlight in EarthDance 2010 is the link-up of thousands of people around the world participating in a synchronized Prayer for Peace on Sunday the 19th at 7am.
People from all walks of life are invited to the two-day EarthDance Festival which this year bears the theme: “Embracing All Traditions.”
EarthDance Cebu 2010! seeks to harmonize with this global platform to dissolve walls of separation and begin healing the spirit of the land.

Cebu’s most talented musicians and artists will perform for EarthDance 2010
Cebu’s most talented musicians and artists have been invited to perform in this gathering for peace which will be aired live on electronic billboards in Cebu and online over www.earthdance.tv.
Activities lined up for this 32-hour experience include: interfaith prayers, interactive art installations, drumming circle, traditional indigenous healing therapies, fire dancing, early morning tai chi and yoga, children’s creative space, great meditation circle, art gallery, and eco-wellness workshops.
There will also be peace and unity blessings by indigenous spiritual leaders, live DJs, world music performances and ethnic orchestra, healing workshops, rocket stove exhibit, composting and permaculture demonstrations, recyclable materials depot, all-day green market, natural body products to sample, yummy wholesome food and drinks, and much, much more.
EarthDance Cebu 2010! is held in partnership with the Cebu City Council, University of Cebu (UC), and Bigfoot Studios.
The two-day event is free of charge during the day on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the Dance Party on Saturday night are pegged at Php75 (Php50 for students) and available at Kukuk’s Nest in Lahug and the Community Extension Services and Development (CESDEV) office at University of Cebu main campus among other outlets.
Ayala Center Cebu to Family Park Bicycle Rally!
A bike rally starting from the Ayala Center up to Family Park is also being cooked up as a prelude to the festivities.
“We are currently organizing for an electric jeepney, or E-Jeepney, in which Mayor Mike Rama can lead the bicycle rally from Ayala Mall to Family Park, where the mayor will officially open the event,” says Festival director Geoff “JahFe” Holland.
The Green Guide to Cebu as well as the new Environmental Alliance in Cebu will be both officially launched during the EarthDance Festival.

EarthDance 2010 Volunteers and UC Students for Guadalupe River Clean-up.
Aside from celebrating Mother Earth and World Peace, organizers and participants of EarthDance Cebu 2010! will go to Barangay Sapangdako on Sept. 11 together with students from UC and several volunteers to help clean up the head of Guadalupe River and sort out the garbage for recycling.
Organizers, spearheaded by Sister Sandra from UC-CESDEV, plan a long-term clean-up effort for the river which includes tree-planting. Interested to join in this sanitation drive may ring JahFe at 09172767812.
“We will see the largest gathering of environment, community development, sustainable technology, organic farming, and other NGOs together with government agencies and green business that Cebu City has ever seen,” JahFe said.
Proceeds of Cebu EarthDance 2010! will go to the Cebu City Task Force on Street Children and the Barangay Sapangdako Association of Women (BSAW) for the rehabilitation of the Guadalupe River.
About EarthDance
EarthDance is an annual global synchronized festival for peace. Conceived in 1996 with a vision to unite the whole world in peace through the universal platform of culture, art, dance, and music, EarthDance, being held simultaneously in over 500 locations in 80 countries, is now the largest global synchronized music and peace event in the world.
Earthdance Cebu 2010 for Peace, Environment and Sinulog 2011 posted at Cebu Events Blog!